This crossword No. 14404 clues and answers were published on Fri 08 Jul 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14404 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Raise : BROACH
4-across – Squalid : SORDID
9-across – Mollycoddle : INDULGE
10-across – Laggard : IDLER
11-across – Person who takes on workers : HIRER
12-across – Overzealous person : FANATIC
13-across – Pass to a different owner : CHANGEHANDS
18-across – Young hare : LEVERET
20-across – Sweetener : SUGAR
22-across – Cannabis : GANJA
23-across – Fleshy part of the head : EARLOBE
24-across – Irritable : TETCHY
25-across – Whistleblower : SNITCH
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Plague : BLIGHT
2-down – Command : ORDER
3-down – Large boiling pot : CALDRON
5-down – Pungent vegetable : ONION
6-down – Enlarged : DILATED
7-down – Straight : DIRECT
8-down – Preoccupied with one’s own affairs : SELFCENTRED
14-down – Someone with meagre possessions : HAVENOT
15-down – Losing contestant : ALSORAN
16-down – Minor — affront : SLIGHT
17-down – Rear opening to a gun barrel : BREECH
19-down – Get to : REACH
21-down – Spectre : GHOST
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.